Kirsten Dunst To Topline Dark Comedy Series From George Clooney, Grant Heslov & ‘The Lobster’ Helmer In Works At AMC

EXCLUSIVE: AMC is developing On Becoming A God In Central Florida, a 1990s-set one-hour dark comedy series, which has Kirsten Dunst attached to star and executive produce. The project, to be directed by The Lobster helmer Yorgos Lanthimos, hails from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures, Sony’s TriStar Television and AMC Studios.

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Written by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky based on a spec script they wrote, On Becoming A God is a darkly comedic story about the cult of free enterprise and one woman’s relentless pursuit of the American Dream in the early ’90s. Recently widowed and left with nothing, minimum-wage Orlando water park employee Krystal Gill (Dunst) lies, schemes and cons her way up the ranks of Founders American Merchandise — the cultish, flag-waving, multibillion-dollar pyramid scheme that drove her to ruin in the first place.

Funke, Lutsky, Dunst and Lanthimos executive produce alongside Oscar winners Clooney and Heslov (Argo) through Smokehouse. The project, in early development, will be overseen by Sarah Shepard for Smokehouse.

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Spider-Man alumna Dunst recently starred in the second season of FX’s limited series Fargo, earning Emmy and Golden Globe nominations.

Funke, Lutsky, Lanthimos, and Smokehouse Pictures are repped by CAA. Dunst is repped by UTA and Management 360. Lanthimos is also repped by LBI and Matthew Bates. Funky & Lutsky are also repped by Peter Heller.

Such a good script and Sarah Shepard is amazing. Hope AMC makes this one!

Dana • on Jan 6, 2017 6:12 pm

I hope so too, Sarah!

ummmm • on Jan 7, 2017 8:48 am

Disagree. Strongly disagree.

BruiseViolet • on Jan 6, 2017 5:47 pm

Sounds promising, like it speaks to the time we’re living in. C’mon, AMC, follow through on this one!

Frank Miller • on Jan 6, 2017 6:07 pm

I mean, I root for these guys, but how pretensions is there stuff getting.

• on Jan 6, 2017 7:16 pm

A great get for Kiki Dunst too, she stole the show in Fargo, glad to see her scoring another quality tv project.

And good move for Lanthimos, his dark aesthetic will translate well to the small screen. He could do for Dunst what he’s done recently for Colin Farrell, re-invigorate her career with a more challenging darker turn.

• on Jan 6, 2017 8:56 pm

A great get for Kiki Dunst, she stole the show in Fargo, so glad to see her land in another quality tv project.

And a good move for Lanthimos, whose aesthetic will translate well to the series format. He could do for Dunst what he’s done recently for Colin Farrell, re-invigorate her career with a darker turn where she can show her chops.